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TIL that keeping a wound moist rather than leaving it dry to scab, will heal it up to 50% faster.

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lolgN TIL that because astronaut Scott Kelly has spent so much time orbiting the Earth at incredible speeds, time dilation now makes him 5 milliseconds younger than the twin brother he was born 6 minutes before.
xMk5 TIL, Jimmy Doyle, a boxer who died shortly after a fight with Sugar Ray Robinson, took the fight to buy his mum a house. Robinson, kindly gave all the money from his next 4 fights to Doyle’s Mum, to buy that house. She spent the money on drugs and legal terms to try and sue Robinson for more money.
PDan TIL that in 2015 Boeing patented a plasma force field
LkYkQ TIL tattoos in Japan (Irezumi) were banned from 1868-1948. Traditional Japanese tattoos were associated with the yakuza (Japanese Mafia) as they were used to mark the skin of outlaws. To this day they retain a stigma of criminality and many businesses still ban customers with tattoos.
YeNA TIL that (according to polls) Americans believe violent crime is getting worse & worse; when really U.S. violent crime is at or near All-time lows